hye sung
Unique storyline with Love & Redemption elements.
Finally finished watching The Wolf after 3 days binge watching it. Lol. This drama has a unique storyline which involved in a romance relationship between a guy who was brought up by wolves in a forest and a decent & happy go lucky girl. This drama show the transformation of their roles from an innocent Wolfie guy to a heartless, cold blooded & ruthless Bo Wang and same goes to the FL. End of the day both have one common thing which is both are kind and tried their best to repent on their wrong past deeds ~ Love & Redemption.
For castings - the director managed to get the right person to act on their respective role e.g. Darren Wang Ta Lu to be the Wolfie & Bo Wang as he has that wild & strong persona looks. Same goes to Xiao Zhan who is the 2nd ML over here. No doubt his acting is on top-notch! A few supporting roles like the cute Ma Jing and steward in Qin palace who in charge of the 2nd ML needy things. Tbh I am not a fan of neither Darren Wang Ta Lu nor Xiao Zhan but credit has to be given to both as both managed to bring up their roles accordingly. As for the FL - Lee Qin - I am also not really into her acting but over here she too managed to pull her role well.
Storyline - As I have mentioned earlier it was a bit unique compared to the others cdramas. It was well paced - not too slow or draggy but there are certain repetitive scenes especially on the ML & FL roles. The palace political over here was not too dry as it did focus on the brotherhood relationship between Bo Wang with his 1st & 4th brother whom he loves a lot. Please bear in mind that the ML is not a royalty as he was being adopted by Emperor Yang @ Cui Kun to do his dirty business for him and in return he awarded the ML as his 3rd prince @ Bo Wang. As usual for every drama to be successful it needs to have romance or bromance either in triangle or ill fated ones. In this drama it has both elements. Example the FL has both ML & 2nd ML pursuing her and same goes to the ML who has the affection from FL & 2nd FL that is Princess Bao Na & Yao Ji who hate turned to love the ML at the end. It also involves with lots of roller-coaster emotional over here especially towards the middle of the story where the ML at one moment treated the FL so dearly and the next moment he breaks her heart (that one - you have to watch it for yourself as I am not going to spoil it over here).
Plots - As usual many misunderstanding that leads to conflict and hatred but at the end both ML & FL knew that both acted in that manner in order to save the person that they love & care dearly. Same goes to the 2nd ML who goes all the way to assist the FL to achieve her goals unfortunately the FL treated the 2nd ML as a good friend. Power struggling between Yang & Qing states which causes the FL & Ma Army Troop to take sides to Qing Emperor.
CGI effects & landscapes - I think cdramas has improved tremendously on these area compared to the earlier cdramas which we can see that certain CGI was so badly animated. Over here the wolves and certain landscaping was beautifully shown.
OST - For me I feel that for a drama to be long remembered by audience, OST especially the opening & closing OST played an important role here. Most people tends to listen to songs & recall songs related to their favourite dramas or movie. Over here I especially like the opening OST - "Wǒ shì shéi" (我是谁) sang by Jolin Tsai & rapped by Jony J which was an impactful one as it suits this drama.
Overall I rated it 9/10 even though it might not be everyone ideal ending but to me, I am fine with it. Since I am watching this drama without fully English subbing hence I might miss out certain points e.g. how did Bo Wang recover from his poison? Does the 2nd FL - Yao Ji did a blood transfusion between Bo Wang & Xing Er? It was not shown but later shown that Xing Er bloods turns in black colour same as Bo Wang blood which was being poison. Another facts that I cannot understand & accept was when did the FL becomes so strong & good in martial arts? She can fights & kill hundred of imperial guards in order to save the 4th Prince in the palace. That was my questions. If the scriptwriter refine it with a more logical or reasonable ending story then I will rate this drama with perfect score. To me it does not matter if a drama has good or sad ending as long as it is logical or reasonable unless if the story is a wuxia genre then I will give exemption to it.
So if you asked me if this drama is worth watching then I would highly recommend it but one have to prepare for lots of emotional ups & downs.
For castings - the director managed to get the right person to act on their respective role e.g. Darren Wang Ta Lu to be the Wolfie & Bo Wang as he has that wild & strong persona looks. Same goes to Xiao Zhan who is the 2nd ML over here. No doubt his acting is on top-notch! A few supporting roles like the cute Ma Jing and steward in Qin palace who in charge of the 2nd ML needy things. Tbh I am not a fan of neither Darren Wang Ta Lu nor Xiao Zhan but credit has to be given to both as both managed to bring up their roles accordingly. As for the FL - Lee Qin - I am also not really into her acting but over here she too managed to pull her role well.
Storyline - As I have mentioned earlier it was a bit unique compared to the others cdramas. It was well paced - not too slow or draggy but there are certain repetitive scenes especially on the ML & FL roles. The palace political over here was not too dry as it did focus on the brotherhood relationship between Bo Wang with his 1st & 4th brother whom he loves a lot. Please bear in mind that the ML is not a royalty as he was being adopted by Emperor Yang @ Cui Kun to do his dirty business for him and in return he awarded the ML as his 3rd prince @ Bo Wang. As usual for every drama to be successful it needs to have romance or bromance either in triangle or ill fated ones. In this drama it has both elements. Example the FL has both ML & 2nd ML pursuing her and same goes to the ML who has the affection from FL & 2nd FL that is Princess Bao Na & Yao Ji who hate turned to love the ML at the end. It also involves with lots of roller-coaster emotional over here especially towards the middle of the story where the ML at one moment treated the FL so dearly and the next moment he breaks her heart (that one - you have to watch it for yourself as I am not going to spoil it over here).
Plots - As usual many misunderstanding that leads to conflict and hatred but at the end both ML & FL knew that both acted in that manner in order to save the person that they love & care dearly. Same goes to the 2nd ML who goes all the way to assist the FL to achieve her goals unfortunately the FL treated the 2nd ML as a good friend. Power struggling between Yang & Qing states which causes the FL & Ma Army Troop to take sides to Qing Emperor.
CGI effects & landscapes - I think cdramas has improved tremendously on these area compared to the earlier cdramas which we can see that certain CGI was so badly animated. Over here the wolves and certain landscaping was beautifully shown.
OST - For me I feel that for a drama to be long remembered by audience, OST especially the opening & closing OST played an important role here. Most people tends to listen to songs & recall songs related to their favourite dramas or movie. Over here I especially like the opening OST - "Wǒ shì shéi" (我是谁) sang by Jolin Tsai & rapped by Jony J which was an impactful one as it suits this drama.
Overall I rated it 9/10 even though it might not be everyone ideal ending but to me, I am fine with it. Since I am watching this drama without fully English subbing hence I might miss out certain points e.g. how did Bo Wang recover from his poison? Does the 2nd FL - Yao Ji did a blood transfusion between Bo Wang & Xing Er? It was not shown but later shown that Xing Er bloods turns in black colour same as Bo Wang blood which was being poison. Another facts that I cannot understand & accept was when did the FL becomes so strong & good in martial arts? She can fights & kill hundred of imperial guards in order to save the 4th Prince in the palace. That was my questions. If the scriptwriter refine it with a more logical or reasonable ending story then I will rate this drama with perfect score. To me it does not matter if a drama has good or sad ending as long as it is logical or reasonable unless if the story is a wuxia genre then I will give exemption to it.
So if you asked me if this drama is worth watching then I would highly recommend it but one have to prepare for lots of emotional ups & downs.
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